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enskpo
Explorer
Jan 27, 2020

Not enough space for lugs on post of battery isolator

I'm replacing the cole hersee battery isolating solenoid because it's been working intermittently. The replacement is the exact part except the studs are about 1/8 shorter, and I can't fit all three o...
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landyacht318
Explorer
Jan 30, 2020
Ace hardware carries 'jam nuts' which are nuts of half thickness.

I just used some on an alternator + output stud to free up more room for stacked terminals and homemade threaded copper nuts to avoid the steel nut from having to carry most of the current to ring terminal.

Make sure terminals can rest against each other flat before using the nut to compress them.

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